The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-11

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Tunbridge.
A MEMORIAL service will be held at the
Congregational church the Sunday pre-
ceding Memorial day Rev. Mr.. Hubbard
will preach the memorial sermon. 80
Arbor day was not observed by many in
this town. - Mrs. Kate Cushman will
sell or rent her farm and will reside in
Meriden, n ii. 80 Seneca Blay has been
arrested for assaulting A. f. Waterman
- A young peoples prayer-meeting
will be held at the school-house in district
No. is this Wednesday, evening, -
The young people have been very busy
hanging May baskets the past week. -
Mrs. Kenison has opened a millinery shop
at James M. Whitney's. Mr. and Mrs
M. 7. King returned from Florida last Satur-
day. - Nathan Underwood and wife
start for Danville tomorrow. They will
be absent some weeks, and will visit their
son in Lawrence, Mass, before they return.
North Tunbridge.
REV. s. A. PARKER will preach in this
place at the usual hour next Sunday fore
noon.
West Fairlee.
Mrs. JENKINS returned Saturday from a
trip to New Hampshire. II. A. Rob
lage. 60 Mrs. n. n. Kimball will start
the last of next week for the beach, to spend
the summer with her daughter Mrs. Morse,
VINO is in poor health. 80 Several build
ings here are being newly-painted, which
improves the looks of things very much.
The church is soon to be painted.
Williamstown.
IT will be recalled by our citizens that
some time ago the town of Topsham brought
suit against Williamstown, in the matter of
the support of Mrs. Moses Ring The case
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of Williamstown. Topsham appealed to the
supreme court. The case came up for hear
ing before this court at Chelsea last week.
- The Universalist society will hold a
sociable at the town hall on Friday evening
of this week - Messrs. Lynde & Cheney
have begun to saw lumber at their mill EN-
ploying as head-sawyer George w. Bruce.
As yet the mill is run by water-power. They
can cut a thousand feet of lumber per hour.
Later on they will set up their engine and
complete their building The country about
them will appreciate this much-needed in
stitution. - We were in pleasant con-
versation the other day with the son of a
Vermont farmer, who has nearly made his
teens and who is now student in one of
our higher institutions of learning. Like
many another he is compelled to admit that
through large portion of his boyhood he
failed lamentably to improve his opportuni-
ties for an education. That he has Just now
of his course and gone resolutely to work to
retrieve, If but part of his loss, seemed SO
surprising that we asked what led to this
marked change. 1t came out that when, a
year or two ago, he left his home and old
associations and went to another state, he
was thrown into society that, by contrast
made him feel his own lack of education, and
of course the desirableness of good one
However bitter any of the elements of this
revelation to himself, it worked out some
sweet results. In due time he returned to
the old home with new purpose and at
the present he is carrying out this purpose
in school The incident seems to us to
carry more than one valuable lesson well
worthy of consideration. - The Grand
Army Post at Barre, we are asked to say
will be glad to see and entertain the old
soldiers of this place at Barre on Decora-
ton day. If any shall be too feeble to
march in the celebration of the day they
will be allowed the use of teams. - The
fifteenth anniversary of the marriage OF
Representative Erwin H. Martin and wife
was observed by friends at their home on
Thursday evening of last week. An easy.
chair, hanging-lamp, money and other gifts
were presented. - There must be some
amongst us who would feel richly repaid in
attending, if but a single one. the services
conducted by Rev. DR.. Pentecost in Mont.
pelier. We hear he is to be there two OF
three weeks yet. Some one told us the
message that very scholarly" minister
hearing him in Montpelier, sent to another
whom he advised to attend the entire series
of meetings. 1t was substantially that
he would learn what he would not get in q
whole course of study in theological sem
mary. - April temperatures in Alabama
according to j. ID. White, were as follows
Average at five A. NJ, tifty-two degrees and
a fraction above zero. Average at seven
P. NJ, sixty-tive and fraction above. The
coolest morning temperature, thirty-sever
above; the warmest, sixty-eight The
coolest afternoon temperature, fifty above
the warmest seventy-eight. - Willard
Sprague having satisfied himself that
the evaporators made by the Vermont
Farm Machine Company at Bellows Falls
are, on the whole, the most desirable has
just purchased one at a cost of about 1913
and is to prepare a place for it and put
things in readiness for next seasons sugar
ing. - Our townswoman, Mary E. Hib
bard, who has been with her step-sister
Mrs. j. &. Fifield, in Adams, Mass, fol-
nearly two years past, was married on the
29th ult to Charles f. Mason of Lee, Mass
by Pastor Davies of the Methodist church in
Adams. The quiet wedding was at Mrs
Fifeld's residence. Mrs. Masons home
will be in Adams henceforth. She seems tC
have made some warm friends there, who
will follow her with best wishes for hel
future welfare. - Mary Pratt is to teacl
in the w, u. Pratt district and Abbit
Carleton in the III. ID. Abbott district the
coming season. - Sarah Cummings, VIII,
is to teach the summer term of our village
school, is daughter of Rev. II. Cummings o
Stratford and graduate of the Mt. Holyo5t
Female Seminary, South Hadley, Mass
- Rev. r. ID. Miller is expected HON,
this week. - Mrs. Albert Bruce, it /.
feared, has permanently lost her eye-sigh
to great degree. - j. X. Lynde i.
making slight addition to his house anC
greater changes inside of it. - Ernes
House shows the House aptitude for music
and is taking lessons of Cornetist FREQ
Blanchard. 60 Lucina Burnham is {
student in the Vermont Academy at Sax
tons River. -- Ollie, daughter of John
Farnham, is staying in the family of Arc
Camp of Barre, where she is both improv
ing her own fine musical talent and aiding
in improving that of a young son of Mr.
Camp - One who has been used {,
hearing Rev. r. ID. Miller preach here but
now hears noted city preaching, says Pas
tor Millers sermons seem TO him equally
good and more spiritual than what he has
heard in his new home. - Incredible al
it would seem, we fail to learn that Robin
son Templeton has any competition in his
pursuit of the pension department Office h,
hopes for He is about to go to Washing
ton, ID. c., for examination under the civ
service rules. - Clara Templeton, W,
hear, is going to Boston to learn stem
ography, - Henry j. Martin is to live
in the DIR. G. w. McClearn house, and the
doctor will board with him. 60 S. Tai
colt Perrin does not lose faith in the Hol
stein breed of cattle after trial of severa
years. He has handsome lot of calves OF